Listen to the Rice, the Rice Will Teach You Everything with Lucien Miller

“Oshida’s life and legacy is an experience of the spiritual senses knowing the mystical voice. Biblical in sources and Buddhist in form, reading this book took me as a reader to the great pause of silence.”

— Sister Meg Funk, OSB

Lucien Miller received his PhD in comparative literature from Berkely and taught Comparative Literature and Chinese at the University of Massachusetts. He is a deacon, spiritual director, and author. 

Lucien and I talk about his book, Jesus in the Hands of Buddha: The Life and Legacy of Shigeto Vincent Oshida, OP. Fr. Oshida taught with a clarity born of mystical devotion, bent towards right action, flowing from community.  Lucien regales me with stories about Fr. Oshida; his memorable first visit traveling to Takamori Hermitage that landed him in jail, Fr. Oshida’s elemental fire-mass, the foundational difference between word-idea and word-event, and much more.

Episode Show Notes

Works by Lucien Miller

Resources & People Mentioned

  • Fr. Oshida
  • Fr. William Johnston
  • Spencer Monastery
  • Takamori Hermitage

Drink Recommended

  • Non-alcoholic Guiness

photo of Lucien pulled from fonsvitae.com